Station LTQM2 - Otter Point Creek, Chesapeake Bay Reserve, MD

Owned and maintained by National Estuarine Research Reserve System NERRS Water Quality Station 39.451 N 76.275 W (39°27'3" N 76°16'29" W) Meteorological Observations from Nearby Stations and Ships Map Type: Select Basemap Oceans Satellite Streets Topographic Large icon indicates selected station. Stations with recent data Stations with no data in last 8 hours      (24 hours for tsunami stations) Disclaimer

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Ocean Conditions at LTQM2 as of
(7:45 pm EDT)
2345 GMT on 03/31/2023:

These oceanographic data are displayed in rounded times. Unit of Measure: Imperial Metric    Time Zone: Station Local Time Greenwich Mean Time [GMT] British Summer Time [GMT+1] Eastern Greenland [GMT-1] Azores [GMT-2] Western Greenland [GMT-3] Atlantic Standard [GMT-4] US/Eastern Standard US/Central Standard US/Mountain Standard US/Pacific Standard Alaska Standard [GMT-9] Hawaii-Aleutian Standard [GMT-10] Samoa Standard [GMT-11] International Date Line West [GMT-12] Western European [GMT+0] Central European [GMT+1] Eastern European [GMT+2] Moscow [GMT+3] GMT+4 Pakistan Standard [GMT+5] GMT+6 Indochina Time [GMT+7] China Coast [GMT+8] Japan Standard [GMT+9] Guam Standard [GMT+10] GMT+11 International Date Line East [GMT+12]    Click on the graph icon in the table below to see a time series plot of the last five days of that observation.
	Depth (DEPTH):	2.3 ft
	Ocean Temperature (OTMP):	54.14 °F
	Conductivity (COND):	0.49
	Salinity (SAL):	0.20 psu
	Oxygen Concentration (O2PCT):	101.5%
	Oxygen Concentration (O2PPM):	10.90 ppm
	Turbidity (TURB):	37 FTU
	pH (PH):	7.60

Previous observations

MM	DD	TIME (EDT)	DEPTH ft	OTMP °F	COND mS/cm	SAL psu	O2% %	O2PPM ppm	CLCON ug/l	TURB FTU	PH	EH mv
03	31	7:30 pm	2.3	54.14	0.51	0.30	102.00	10.90	-	38	7.60	-
03	31	7:15 pm	2.3	54.32	0.51	0.30	102.50	10.90	-	42	7.60	-
03	31	7:00 pm	2.6	54.32	0.53	0.30	103.10	11.00	-	37	7.60	-
03	31	6:45 pm	2.6	54.50	0.55	0.30	102.90	11.00	-	40	7.60	-
03	31	6:30 pm	2.6	54.50	0.56	0.30	102.70	10.90	-	41	7.60	-
03	31	6:15 pm	2.6	54.50	0.59	0.30	103.20	11.00	-	39	7.70	-
03	31	6:00 pm	2.6	54.86	0.62	0.30	103.00	10.90	-	46	7.60	-
03	31	5:45 pm	2.6	55.04	0.64	0.30	103.10	10.90	-	49	7.60	-
03	31	5:30 pm	3.0	55.04	0.65	0.30	104.60	11.10	-	42	7.70	-
03	31	5:15 pm	3.0	55.04	0.65	0.30	104.50	11.00	-	46	7.70	-
03	31	5:00 pm	3.0	55.04	0.65	0.30	104.10	11.00	-	42	7.70	-
03	31	4:45 pm	2.6	55.04	0.66	0.30	105.10	11.10	-	39	7.70	-
03	31	4:30 pm	2.6	55.04	0.66	0.30	104.20	11.00	-	40	7.60	-
03	31	4:15 pm	2.6	55.22	0.67	0.30	103.80	11.00	-	41	7.60	-
03	31	4:00 pm	2.6	55.22	0.66	0.30	103.80	11.00	-	52	7.60	-
03	31	3:45 pm	2.6	55.22	0.66	0.30	103.70	10.90	-	50	7.60	-
03	31	3:30 pm	2.6	55.22	0.67	0.30	104.10	11.00	-	46	7.60	-
03	31	3:15 pm	2.6	55.04	0.66	0.30	104.10	11.00	-	45	7.60	-
03	31	3:00 pm	2.6	54.86	0.66	0.30	103.90	11.00	-	45	7.60	-
03	31	2:45 pm	2.6	54.50	0.67	0.30	103.10	11.00	-	44	7.60	-
03	31	2:30 pm	2.6	54.50	0.68	0.30	102.30	10.90	-	59	7.60	-
03	31	2:15 pm	2.6	54.32	0.69	0.30	100.80	10.70	-	41	7.50	-
03	31	2:00 pm	2.6	54.14	0.68	0.30	99.40	10.60	-	45	7.50	-
03	31	1:45 pm	2.6	53.60	0.67	0.30	99.20	10.70	-	46	7.50	-
03	31	1:30 pm	2.3	53.24	0.68	0.30	100.20	10.80	-	49	7.50	-
03	31	1:15 pm	2.3	52.88	0.68	0.30	98.90	10.80	-	44	7.40	-
03	31	1:00 pm	2.3	52.52	0.67	0.30	95.90	10.40	-	41	7.40	-
03	31	12:45 pm	2.3	52.34	0.65	0.30	96.20	10.50	-	37	7.40	-
03	31	12:30 pm	2.3	52.34	0.65	0.30	94.10	10.30	-	44	7.40	-
03	31	12:15 pm	2.3	52.34	0.67	0.30	92.50	10.10	-	51	7.30	-
03	31	12:00 pm	2.0	52.16	0.67	0.30	91.60	10.00	-	52	7.30	-
03	31	11:45 am	2.0	51.98	0.70	0.30	89.90	9.90	-	47	7.30	-
03	31	11:30 am	2.0	51.80	0.71	0.40	89.00	9.80	-	47	7.20	-
03	31	11:15 am	2.0	51.80	0.70	0.30	88.20	9.70	-	46	7.20	-
03	31	11:00 am	2.0	51.80	0.68	0.30	87.90	9.70	-	47	7.20	-
03	31	10:45 am	2.0	51.80	0.67	0.30	86.70	9.50	-	46	7.30	-
03	31	10:30 am	2.0	51.80	0.68	0.30	85.90	9.50	-	44	7.30	-
03	31	10:15 am	2.0	51.80	0.69	0.30	85.10	9.40	-	44	7.20	-
03	31	10:00 am	2.0	51.80	0.69	0.30	84.90	9.40	-	48	7.20	-
03	31	9:45 am	2.0	51.44	0.71	0.40	84.20	9.30	-	42	7.20	-
03	31	9:30 am	2.0	51.44	0.72	0.40	84.00	9.30	-	44	7.20	-
03	31	9:15 am	2.0	51.62	0.69	0.30	83.10	9.20	-	48	7.20	-
03	31	9:00 am	2.3	51.80	0.68	0.30	83.10	9.10	-	53	7.20	-
03	31	8:45 am	2.3	51.80	0.67	0.30	83.40	9.20	-	48	7.20	-
03	31	8:30 am	2.3	51.62	0.67	0.30	83.20	9.20	-	40	7.20	-
03	31	8:15 am	2.3	51.80	0.67	0.30	82.40	9.10	-	43	7.20	-
03	31	8:00 am	2.3	51.80	0.68	0.30	81.70	9.00	-	45	7.20	-
03	31	7:45 am	2.3	51.98	0.68	0.30	82.20	9.00	-	41	7.20	-
03	31	7:30 am	2.3	51.98	0.68	0.30	82.60	9.10	-	40	7.20	-
03	31	7:15 am	2.3	51.98	0.68	0.30	82.30	9.00	-	41	7.20	-
03	31	7:00 am	2.3	51.80	0.67	0.30	83.70	9.20	-	44	7.20	-
03	31	6:45 am	2.3	51.80	0.69	0.30	82.80	9.10	-	37	7.20	-
03	31	6:30 am	2.3	51.98	0.69	0.30	82.40	9.10	-	42	7.20	-
03	31	6:15 am	2.6	51.98	0.68	0.30	82.90	9.10	-	46	7.20	-
03	31	6:00 am	2.6	51.98	0.71	0.40	83.10	9.10	-	47	7.20	-
03	31	5:45 am	2.3	52.16	0.69	0.30	83.60	9.20	-	45	7.20	-
03	31	5:30 am	2.3	52.16	0.69	0.30	83.50	9.20	-	45	7.20	-
03	31	5:15 am	2.3	52.16	0.69	0.30	84.10	9.20	-	38	7.20	-
03	31	5:00 am	2.3	52.16	0.69	0.30	84.30	9.20	-	41	7.20	-
03	31	4:45 am	2.3	52.34	0.70	0.30	84.10	9.20	-	41	7.20	-
03	31	4:30 am	2.3	52.52	0.70	0.30	83.70	9.10	-	49	7.20	-
03	31	4:15 am	2.3	52.52	0.70	0.30	84.00	9.20	-	43	7.20	-
03	31	4:00 am	2.3	52.34	0.70	0.30	82.30	9.00	-	36	7.20	-
03	31	3:45 am	2.3	52.34	0.69	0.30	83.10	9.10	-	35	7.20	-
03	31	3:30 am	2.3	52.52	0.69	0.30	83.60	9.10	-	39	7.20	-
03	31	3:15 am	2.0	52.70	0.69	0.30	84.10	9.20	-	36	7.20	-
03	31	3:00 am	2.0	52.70	0.70	0.30	84.80	9.20	-	37	7.30	-
03	31	2:45 am	2.0	53.06	0.70	0.30	86.80	9.40	-	40	7.30	-
03	31	2:30 am	2.0	53.06	0.71	0.40	87.50	9.50	-	38	7.30	-
03	31	2:15 am	2.0	52.88	0.68	0.30	88.20	9.60	-	39	7.30	-
03	31	2:00 am	2.0	52.16	0.62	0.30	89.70	9.80	-	37	7.30	-
03	31	1:45 am	2.0	52.16	0.62	0.30	90.10	9.90	-	42	7.30	-
03	31	1:30 am	1.6	52.70	0.62	0.30	90.20	9.80	-	40	7.30	-
03	31	1:15 am	1.6	53.24	0.66	0.30	90.40	9.80	-	37	7.30	-
03	31	1:00 am	1.6	53.60	0.72	0.40	89.90	9.70	-	42	7.30	-
03	31	12:45 am	1.6	53.96	0.72	0.40	89.30	9.60	-	39	7.30	-
03	31	12:30 am	1.3	55.04	0.72	0.40	92.90	9.80	-	38	7.30	-
03	31	12:15 am	1.3	55.04	0.71	0.40	94.20	10.00	-	40	7.30	-
03	31	12:00 am	1.3	55.22	0.71	0.40	94.60	10.00	-	43	7.30	-
03	30	11:45 pm	1.3	55.40	0.70	0.30	96.90	10.20	-	38	7.40	-
03	30	11:30 pm	1.0	55.76	0.70	0.30	98.50	10.30	-	40	7.40	-
03	30	11:15 pm	1.0	55.94	0.71	0.40	98.60	10.30	-	40	7.40	-
03	30	11:00 pm	1.0	56.12	0.71	0.40	98.60	10.30	-	47	7.40	-
03	30	10:45 pm	1.0	56.48	0.71	0.40	98.90	10.30	-	44	7.40	-
03	30	10:30 pm	1.0	57.02	0.72	0.40	99.00	10.20	-	54	7.40	-
03	30	10:15 pm	1.0	57.74	0.72	0.40	98.30	10.10	-	56	7.40	-
03	30	10:00 pm	1.0	57.92	0.73	0.40	98.90	10.10	-	72	7.40	-
03	30	9:45 pm	1.0	58.10	0.72	0.40	100.40	10.20	-	59	7.40	-
03	30	9:30 pm	1.3	58.46	0.73	0.40	100.70	10.20	-	56	7.40	-
03	30	9:15 pm	1.3	59.00	0.74	0.40	101.20	10.20	-	60	7.40	-
03	30	9:00 pm	1.3	59.18	0.74	0.40	102.00	10.20	-	61	7.40	-

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